by Rachael Roberts | Nov 12, 2019 | Emotions, MIndfulness, Negativity, Stress, stressed day
If you are prone to catastrophising the answer to that question is ‘everything’. What is catatrophising? Catastrophising is when your boss asks to have a word, and in your mind, you’re already fired and carrying your belongings away in a cardboard box. Or your...
by Rachael Roberts | Nov 5, 2019 | Emotions, Inner Troll, Meditation, Monkey Mind, Negativity, Stress, stressed day
Worrying is your brain’s way of reminding you that you have a problem and need to find a solution. So far, so good. However, very often, worrying becomes less about actually finding a solution to a real problem, and more something referred to as ‘ruminating’. The word...
by Rachael Roberts | Oct 29, 2019 | Burnout, Emotions, Inner Troll, Overwhelm, Stress, stressed day, Wellbeing
‘A clown is like aspirin, only he works twice as fast’ Groucho Marx. Personally I just don’t ‘get’ the Marx Brothers, but I completely agree that laughter is powerful medicine. It may sound trite, but more and more research shows that laughing can protect you from the...
by Rachael Roberts | Oct 22, 2019 | Emotions, MIndfulness, Overwhelm, Stress, stressed day, Uncategorized, Wellbeing
Every year I make a point of going to one of the biggest ELT conferences, IATEFL. I absolutely love it, but last year was the first year in several years that I didn’t come home and spend the following week (or two weeks) ill in bed. I did present, but, unlike the...
by Rachael Roberts | Oct 8, 2019 | Emotions, Overwhelm, Stress, stressed day
What causes burnout? For many people the causes seem clear: no work-life balance, too many things to do, a boss that puts too much pressure on, unhelpful or even bullying colleagues, responsibility without sufficient power to actually influence outcomes. All of these...
by Rachael Roberts | Oct 1, 2019 | Inner Troll, MIndfulness, Overwhelm, Stress, stressed day
If you can’t find things on your desk, or you constantly forget to do things, or you can’t keep on top of your email inbox you are getting in your own way. Of course there’s a reality to being really busy and overloaded, but if we are often or...
